- Author
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National Fire Data Center
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U.S. Fire Administration
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Federal Emergency Management Agency
- Title
- Heating Fires in Residential Structures.
- Coporate
- National Fire Data Center, Emmitsburg, MD
Federal Emergency Management Agency, Washington, DC
U.S. Fire Administration, Washington, DC
- Journal
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Topical Fire Research Series,
Vol. 2,
No. 5,
1-4,
January 2001
- Distribution
- For more information or to comment on this paper contact: Website: http://www.usfa.fema.gov/feedback/
- Keywords
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residential buildings
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heating
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structures
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fire statistics
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heat sources
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fire fatalities
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NFIRS
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fireplaces
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chimneys
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methodology
- Identifiers
- loss measures in residential structures (3-year average); 15-year national trend in heating fires in residential structures (NFIRS data and NFPA Annual Surveys, 1984-1998); leading equipment involved in heating fires (residential structures, 1998 NFIRS data); material ignited in heating fires; leading igition factors in residential heating fires (1996-1998 NFIRS data); heating fires (3-year average, residential structures, 1996-1998 NFIRS data); time of year; central heating units; fixed or portable local heating units; water heaters